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Tag Archives: Meadow Bridge
Race Outta Richmond: Meadow Bridge Battle Map
This past weekend I tried following the path of the Union cavalry raid on Richmond during the Overland Campaign. I forgot that the Richmond Raceway was hosting the Toyota Owners 400 Nascar race and found myself stuck in traffic on … Continue reading
James H. Wilson and the American Civil War
John Buford, Wesley Merritt, George Bayard, Thomas C. Devin. These are but a few of the names that more often than not come to mind when one thinks of the premier Union cavarymen of the Civil War. Certainly more names could be … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Army of Northern Virignia, Army of the Potomac, August Kautz, Battle of the Wilderness, David M. Gregg, Fort Pulaski, George Bayard, George McClellan, James H. Wilson, John Buford, Meadow Bridge, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Second Cavalry Division, Tennessee Campaign, Third Cavalry Division, Thomas Devin, U.S. Grant, Vicksburg, Wesley Merritt, wilderness, Wilson-Kautz Raid
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Little Phil Takes Command
At a simple rail stop outside Frederick, Maryland the two commanders shook hands as the train prepared to depart. After a brief meeting, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, the General-in-Chief of the United States Armies, handed written orders to his … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Army of Northern Virginia, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, David Hunter, George G. Meade, George McClellan, Jubal Early, Lynchburg, Meadow Bridge, Missionary Ridge, Monocacy, Monocacy Station, Perryville, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Shenandoah Valley, Spotsylvania Court House, Stones River, Trevilian's Station, Ulysses S. Grant, Wade Hampton, wilderness, William Franklin, Yellow Tavern
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